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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Rissoinae

Frigidoalvania brychia (A. E. Verrill, 1884)


Range: 48°N to 35.2°N; 72.67°W to 51.25°W
Depth: 186 to 2359 m (live 186 to 1630 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 5  mm

Synonymy

Cingula janmayeni auct. non Friele, 1878
Cingula brychia A. E. Verrill, 1884
Rissoa americana Friele, 1886

Details


Cingula brychia A. E. Verrill, 1884, p. 179-180, pl. 32, fig. 9
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 1093
Range: 42.98°N to 38.92°N; 72.67°W to 51.25°W
Depth: 457 to 2359 m (live 457 to 1630 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
References: Verrill (1884) D; Abbott (1974) M; Warén (1974) LNSEW{l}; Vale & Rex (1989) {d}; R. I. Johnson (1989) T; Quattro et al. (2001) dl
Comments: Quattro et al. (2001) found high levels of genetic divergence, suggetive of cryptic speciation in populations of F. brychia.

Rissoa americana Friele, 1886, 
[Synonym]
Range: 48°N to 35.2°N; 70.98°W to 66°W
Depth: 186 to 994 m (live 186 to 994 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.8 mm
Distribution: Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia; USA: Massachusetts
References: Warén (1974) DdLlNSEWM; Warén in Ponder (1985) s

Cingula janmayeni auct. non Friele, 1878, 
[Not available]
References: Warén (1974) s (of F. americana)
Comments: Misidentification by Verrill (1882: 524).


Partial List of References

Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 139-294, pls. 28-32.

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